shrimpnoun
uk/ʃrɪmp/us/ʃrɪmp/shrimp noun (ANIMAL)
B1 UK [ C or U ] plural shrimps or shrimp a very small sea creature similar to a prawn but smaller, or its flesh eaten as food:
shrimp paste
US UK prawn [ C or U ] plural shrimps or shrimp a small sea creature with a shell and ten legs, that can be eaten:
grilled shrimp
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Fish & seafood
- abalone
- bloater
- caviar
- ceviche
- crab
- fish finger
- fish oil
- fish stick
- fishcake
- gravadlax
- lox
- Omega-3
- pollack
- prawn cocktail
- roe
- shellfish
- shrimp cocktail
- swordfish
- trout
- tuna
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Sea creatures
shrimp noun (PERSON)
[ C ] plural shrimps informal disapproving an extremely short person
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Low, short and shallow
- (as) long as your arm idiom
- brief
- knee-high
- long
- longish
- low
- low slung
- shallow
- short
- short
- short-range
- shortish
- shorty
- squat
- stumpy
- stunted
- sunken
- titch
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